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J. Anim Sci. 1966. 25:37-43.
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Potassium, Protein and Basic Amino Acid Relationships in Swine1

Jane M. Leibholz2, J. T. McCall3, V. W. Hays and V. C. Speer

Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station4, Ames

Abstract

Pigs fed diets containing 7.6 to 20% protein responded to potassium supplementation by increased weight gain and efficiency of feed conversion, but in no case was the performance obtained equal to that of pigs fed adequate protein. Supplementation with 1% potassium acetate was more effective than 2%. The concentration of potassium in the diet was directly reflected in the potassium content of the blood plasma and skeletal muscle, but not in the kidney or liver tissues.

Supplementation of corn-soybean meal diets with 0.2%) or 0.3% lysine improved the performance of pigs fed protein levels of 7.6 to 24%. Concentration of free basic amino acids increased with age of the animal and protein content of the aiet. Supplementation of the diet with potassium reduced the free basic amino acids of the blood plasma, skeletal muscle and kidney tissue. This reduction was greatest for lysine and least for histidine. Supplemental lysine increased the lysine level of blood plasma to a greater extent in low-protein than in high-protein diets. The concentration of lysine, phenylalanine, tyrosine and histidine in the blood plasma was related to the concentration of these amino acids in the diets.

Footnotes

1 Journal Paper No. J-5063 of the Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames. Project No. 1512.

2 Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

3 Biochemistry Section, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

4 Department of Animal Science.






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